Offer your services to haul a horse trailer for us: We are almost always looking for people who have a large enough truck and some skills hauling a horse trailer for us. If you'd like to save us some logistical time, please offer your services. We can negotiate a fee.

Adopt a donkey or two: We are always looking for good homes for our donkeys. These donkeys come from a broad range of backgrounds. Some were abused, and then we spend the time to teach them how to trust humans again before they get adopted. Some were neglected, and we nurse them back to health. Most of the donkeys that come to us have not had any training, so we provide basic halter training, leading and hoof training. We do not provide specialized saddle or driving training, but some of our donkeys would be very well suited for such a career. Some of our donkeys come from good homes that just could no longer provide for them. Such donkeys often are very well suited for showing or even parades because they have never experienced any abuse and possess the amount of calmness and emotional balance necessary for a life in public. If you think you have enough space on your property (1/2 an acre would be a minimum for two donkeys; we like to see more than that) to set up facilities for a pair of donkeys, let us know! Consider adopting a donkey from us rather than buying one from a breeder.

We require sufficient space, shelter and equine (preferably donkey) company for our babies, and we have certain standards for their physical and mental wellbeing, depending on their specific needs, history, and personalities. Adoption fees are $300 for a single donkey (if you already have a donkey or other equine at home) and $500 for a pair. We strongly recommend getting a couple of donkeys if you need a horse companion. Most of the donkeys we have encountered prefer donkey company and tend to bond very closely with another donkey. We do not usually split up bonded pairs (unless for some reason it would be better for the respective donkeys to go different ways). Horses do fine with two donkey companions. It gives them a sense of a larger herd that they can dominate.

Here is our standard adoption contract form (you need Adobe Acrobat to open this file):

Foster donkeys for us: If you have a suitable (including suitably zoned) property anywhere not too far from Edgewood, NM, that has a roofed shelter and is properly fenced you may be able to foster some donkeys for us. Fostering can either mean that you accommodate the donkeys on your property and help us work with them from time to time by interacting with them or continuing our training while we are not there to keep them practiced or help them get used to being handled, while we provide their feed and medical expenses, or it can mean that you take over some of those expenses as well, whatever your budget can accommodate. As long as we are still looking for a main facility we fully rely on foster homes of either kind.

Donate some land or land use: We are looking for a location to set up our main rescue facility not too far from either Albuquerque or Santa Fe, preferably in between or somewhere near both so we can maintain our helpful connections to local quality growers, veterinarians, farriers, adopters and donors. If you happen to have some spare land that you don't need please consider donating either the land itself or its use to our organization so that we can move to a safe location, either temporarily or permanently. The location should have already some kind of dwelling sitting on it, electric, water, sewer, and have enough space to accommodate up to 20 donkeys. It should be zoned properly for our purpose.